GOMBE State Ministry of Health says it has conducted one-week practical training on obstetrics for 96 nurses and midwives who graduated from School of Nursing and Midwifery Gombe.
Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum period.
As a medical speciality, obstetrics is combined with gynaecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynaecology, which is a surgical field.
The Gombe State Commissioner for Health, Dr Kennedy Ishaya, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe on Tuesday that the training was a prerequisite to becoming a registered member of the National Council of Nurses and Midwifery.
He said that the last time such training was conducted in Gombe was in 2014, noting that beneficiaries were those who graduated with Basic Midwifery in School of Midwifery, as well as graduates of School of Nursing but with one year…
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